Making Kids Winners: New Perspectives about Literacy from Urban Elementary School Principals.

Danridge, Jennifer C.; Edwards, Patricia A.; Pleasants, Heather M.

Reading Teacher, v53 n8 p654-62 May 2000

Discusses how two urban school principals used nontraditional administrative approaches as strategies for connecting home and school and for improving the literary achievement of their culturally diverse students. Describes how these principals made a personal and caring investment, served as strong instructional leaders, reconceptualized the real problem as one of community mental health, and built home-school connections. (SR)